#creating boundaries

As I have been scrambling to complete 2 months worth of tasks, into 3 weeks, I didn’t get chance to write a blog post. However, I did see a video by author Bethany Atazadeh that talked about boundaries for Authors and I thought it was well worth a share! Continue reading Untitled

Photo Credit Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”― Lao Tzu Our lives are based on our habits, the good ones, and the bad ones. The habits we adopt in our lives dictate what we eat, how we react to…

In life we all go through different journeys to learn more about ourselves, one of them is learning to protect your peace. It is a phrase that we see all over social media.   “Protect your Peace” – caring for and safeguarding your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being – in ways that you define yourself. (wernative.org)   When it comes to learning to protect your peace I oftener…

Today’s Inspiration

Setting boundaries – 2 insightful questions you want to ask yourself

Setting boundaries in your life can be intimidating. For years, you have allowed the desires of others to supersede your own in the name of keeping the peace. And now you have a new resolve to challenge that mindset and put your own needs at the same level. How do you even begin to do this?

The work is not as intimidating as it may seem, and with time it will become second nature. But it is…

I find it extremely difficult to lay boundaries in the small community I live in. I’m an Instructional Aide at a school of 35 kids from grades TK-8th with a faculty of six inside a national park. My pool of possible friendships is limited and inevitably these friendships get sparked with parents and coworkers. Last year I become very close friends with a parent who also happens to work at our local daycare and fully understood the struggles of this strange bubble that we all live and work in. I felt extremely comfortable confiding in her and so I said a lot of things. 

Without talking to me or realizing what would ensue, she bombarded her child’s teacher (my favorite and most respected teachers at the school) this morning and said that she wanted to meet with her after school to discuss her child’s academics because I had said that she was behind and struggling. 

The teacher was pretty upset at me, and rightfully so, because it makes the teacher sound like she’s no being proactive about communicating, and making her feel like a failure. It was all really a miscommunication but I couldn’t stop feeling anxiety over it. 

I’m bipolar, so this type of stress is difficult for me to handle. I just abuse myself mentally because I can’t believe I would make such a mistake and hurt my friend and a beloved coworker/friend. 

All in all, I feel like today I learned that I really should create boundaries and learn how to filter information better. As much as I don’t want to have to limit what I say to one of my closest friends, it would seem that I do. Separating my personal and professional life is so hard but I know that it’s a part of being an adult and being a professional. Creating boundaries will help to keep my bipolar more in check, aid in a more peaceful experience at work, and keep me as healthy as can be. 

How to be productive while working from home

Following our relocation last year, I made the decision to focus full-time on my business and writing so I now work from home.  However, working from home brings with it new challenges. 

So I thought I’d make today’s article about best practices to stay productive.  And since I have only been working from home for a year, I cajoled a few of my writer friends from Twitter to share their advice…